Diafoune Surname
Approximately 892 people bear this surname
Diafoune Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senegal | 889 | 1:16,400 | 475 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Diafouné (1) are calculated separately.
Diafoune Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Diafoune Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Diafoune is most common in Senegal. It may also occur in the variant forms: Diafouné. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Diafoune? popularity and diffusion
The surname Diafoune is the 395,536th most commonly held surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 8,169,895 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Diafoune reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.
This last name is most common in Senegal, where it is borne by 889 people, or 1 in 16,400. In Senegal Diafoune is primarily found in: Sédhiou Region, where 37 percent reside, Ziguinchor Region, where 32 percent reside and Dakar Region, where 20 percent reside. Without taking into account Senegal Diafoune is found in 3 countries. It is also found in France, where 0 percent reside and Saudi Arabia, where 0 percent reside.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Diafoune
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